扎克伯格裸捐450億美元這一行爲的目的引起質疑
Grand gestures don't always go over the way you hope they will.
慈善這樣的高姿態往往不能如人所願。The CEO of the world's largest social network has promised to donate potentially billions of dollars to worthy causes and companies. It didn't take long, however, before he felt compelled to defend his decision on how to set up his new philanthropic endeavor.
世界最大的社交網絡公司—臉書的首席執行官扎克伯格承諾向有價值的事業和公司捐贈數十億美元的資金。然而，在他做出捐款決定不久之後，他感到不得不爲他如何建立新的慈善事業做出解釋。On Tuesday, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, said they plan to establish the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which will receive 99 percent of the CEO's Facebook shares, currently worth about $45 billion. In a rather unconventional move.
週二，臉書總裁扎克伯格和他的妻子普利希拉·陳宣佈了“陳扎克伯格倡議”這一計劃，臉書總裁將會捐出股份的99%，約450億美元。這是一個非常規的舉動。
That decision has some people questioning his motives, as noted in the headline of a commentary in The New York Times: "How Mark Zuckerberg's Altruism Helps Himself."
這個舉動受到了一些人的質疑，就像紐約時報的頭條寫道，“扎克伯格的利他行爲其實是在幫他自己。”Zuckerberg is one of a number of tech moguls who have pledged hefty portions of their wealth for charitable purposes. Billionaires such as Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates typically have set up their charitable endeavors as traditional nonprofits. Some have started using LLCs instead, but such a move can raise red flags.
扎克伯格是衆多科技大亨中將資產的大部分捐助做慈善的其中一員。億萬富翁如谷歌創始人Larry Page 和Sergey Brin，還有微軟創始人比爾·蓋茨都將慈善捐款用於傳統的非盈利組織。而一些人則將慈善捐款用於有限責任公司，這樣的舉措很有可能遭到警示。Unlike a nonprofit organization, an LLC more closely resembles a corporation in that it can generate profits and offer certain tax benefits. It also would impose fewer restrictions and obligations on how Zuckerberg and Chan could distribute money than if they were to set up a regular nonprofit foundation. They could donate to political organizations and for-profit entities as well as charities. Some critics also claim an LLC would allow the couple to avoid paying taxes.
與非營利組織不同的是，一個有限責任公司更像是一家公司，它可以產生利潤，並提供一定的稅收優惠。相比起建立一個普通的非營利基金會，一家有限責任公司將不會對扎克伯格和陳如何分配資金進行限制，他們可以向政治組織和營利組織以及慈善機構捐款。一些批評者還聲稱，一家有限責任公司甚至可以讓這對夫婦避免納稅。In a Facebook post published Thursday, Zuckerberg explained how the tax structure would work for the new initiative, which he said plans initially to focus on "personalized learning, curing disease, connecting people and building strong communities"
週四，臉書發佈了一則消息，扎克伯格解釋了稅款將會用於新的項目，首先投入的是“個人學習，治療疾病，加強人與人之間的聯繫以建立強大的社羣”當中。Zuckerberg also emphasized the ability to donate to groups and causes no matter how they're structured.
扎克伯格同時也強調，不管怎樣組合股份，他都有能力捐助一些事業和團體。
